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The Blind Leading The Blind (2019)
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Architects Of A New Weave (Deluxe Album) (2026)
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Nightside Glance is a symphonic black metal band from Minsk, Belarus, active since 2004, with members including vocalist Demian, guitarist Gozard, and keyboardist Midgard. Their 2014 album 'Gray Haven' was recorded at Monroe Sound Studio in Poland and explores asylum-themed narratives through industrial-tinged symphonic black metal.
Nightsight is a melodic black metal project from Saint Petersburg, Russia, active since 2015. They illuminate the darkness with melodic black metal from the northern capital.
Out of Little Rock, Arkansas, Nightspake has been channeling a raw and uncompromising black metal fury since 2014, bringing a distinctly Southern isolation to a genre that thrives on desolation. Their approach leans into the cold, misanthropic traditions of the form, carving a singular presence far from the coasts.
Kyiv black metal and dungeon synth project launched in 2024, blending extreme metal intensity with synthesizer-driven fantasy worlds from Ukraine's capital. Their fusion bridges two complementary underground traditions.
Nightwalker is a black metal project from Kassel in northern Hessen, active since 2016. The project channels nocturnal black metal from the city of Documenta at the geographic center of Germany.
Nightwalkers is a post-black metal band from Brno, Czech Republic, active since 2014. The band pushes black metal into atmospheric and post-metal territory from Moravia's largest city.
Nightwar is a Russian black metal project active since 2021. They wage nocturnal warfare through raw, uncompromising black metal.
NightWind is a black metal project from Lisbon, Portugal, active since 2008. Nearly two decades of nocturnal winds from the Atlantic coastline.
Nightwolf is a death/black/thrash metal band from Altenberg near Dresden in Saxony, active since 2020. The band fuses three strains of extreme metal from the Ore Mountains.
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